Adebayo Shittu, the former minister of communication, claims that under President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, Steven Oronsaye’s report was not sent to him.
Between 2015 until 2019, Shittu served as a minister during Buhari’s first term in power.
He said that because the Buhari government was not made aware of the study, its execution was not necessary.
“The report was with the previous government (Jonathan’s), but they took no action,” he said. At least not while I was there, no one brought it to the notice of our administration, the Buhari government. Thus, the matter was never discussed at all at the Federal Executive Council meeting. In the event that no one presented it and no complaints were received, we had no need to investigate at all.
Since the Federal Government authorized the execution of some of the study’s suggestions to lower the cost of government on February 26, about 12 years after it was presented, the report has been the subject of debate.
Nineteen government agencies are anticipated to combine, and eight parastatals would become part of eight more agencies. Some Nigerians worry that this will result in job losses.
Tommy Etim, the national president of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, has issued a warning that widespread demonstrations may result from job losses amid the nation’s present hardships.
Femi Falana, a senior advocate in Nigeria, urged the Federal Government to make sure that “the crisis of insecurity is not compounded through the retrenchment of hundreds of thousands of workers,” calling the study out of date.
Concurrently, the Federal Government established the implementation committee on Thursday.
Speaking on the subject, Shittu said that civil workers shouldn’t worry about losing their jobs and that, as the number of appointments declines, only politicians will be impacted.
Duplication of services must be avoided or eliminated since it would raise governance expenses. He emphasized, “I think that national interest is more important than personal interest when we talk about some people losing their jobs, and I don’t see any civil servant losing his job on that.”
Speaking on the subject as well, Senior Advocate of Nigeria Yusuf Ali said that putting the Oronsaye report into practice will lessen the unduly intricate management of government ministries, departments, and agencies.
“You will discover that there is a great deal of inter-agency rivalry,” Ali said. It occurs almost everywhere, including in the United States. If the report is properly executed, at least the issue of rivalry and overlapping responsibilities will be resolved.
Due to the fact that it will get bigger, it may not have an impact on the staff. Additionally, it will result in a smaller, more capable administration that can better handle bureaucracy. It does not follow that you would disregard individuals because you are combining A and B. It simply indicates that more individuals will be occupying the same area for work.
“What would you say, with reference to the loss of employment, regarding the introduction of robots and artificial intelligence? Is it accurate to predict that people will lose their employment if they don’t invest in robots like drones and AI? Anything that would advance things should be attempted to be adopted.
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